275624 - Max number of server connections to cache cannot be set to 0, silently ignores the request.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 245258

(Thunderbird :: Account Manager, defect)

Description

[Munir Nassar]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla thunderbird 1.0 (20031209)

For an IMAP account, under Advanced in the Server Settings for that account
there is a field for the maximum number of server connections to cache.

This number is 5 by default, setting this number to 0 and clicking OK accepts
the change but silently ignores it. Entering Advanced again shows that it is
back to 5. Mozilla Thunderbird should give an error message when it encounters
bad user input.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. configure an imap account
2. goto "Account Settings"
3. goto "Server Settings" for that account
4. click on the "Advanced" button
5. find box that is labeled: "Maximum number of server..."
6. enter 0 into that box
7. click ok
8. click on the "Advanced" button
9. the Maximum number of server connections to cache did not change.
Actual Results:  
the "Maximum number of server connections to cache" did not change.

Expected Results:  
Mozilla Thunderbird should complain that the input is invalid and suggest a
correct input.

A suggested error message:

"error: There must be at least 1 cached server connection (why?). you have
entered: <whatever>"

Comment 1

[Jo Hermans]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 245258 ***